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Child screening does not reduce obesity levels
04-May-07
Primary schoolchildren should not be routinely screened for obesity in the absence of treatment, according to UK research.
At present, four to five and 10 to 11 year olds are weighed at school with the information fed into the National Childhood Obesity Database. But the researchers found that there was little evidence to show that preventative approaches could reduce a child’s obesity.
The effectiveness of treatment and the potential harms of monitoring or screening are poorly researched, they concluded.
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Elson Silva
11/12/2007
Fruits vs. Obesity – A Public Fructification Fruits are low in calories and highly nutritional already grown on public places at increasing ratios to face obesity trends. Tree climbing also can be a body exercise for people harvesting fruits. Fruits also have around four times more water content than cookies or any dry processed food. It easily satisfies hunger taking take less overall energy. By keeping a refrigerator full of fruits everybody will get used to it. In Brazil we are suggesting to increase fruit trees in the public areas changing the country to a large tropical orchard. Then, sidewalks, squares, parks, roadsides will be plenty of free fruits bearing the most delicious and appropriate food to fight obesity. Free fruits also are protected from a wild economic system. Other countries can join us on a fight against global obesity toward a Public Fructification. Brazil wants to be a developed country without the problems of rich countries. We believe Brazil as a tropical country can tackle obesity and be the leader on such fight. We intend the rural area conquer the cities make it full of fruits. http://revver.com/watch/225528 Even carnivores can be convinced to eat more fruits: http://revver.com/watch/218695 Why not humans can eat fruits for their own good? http://frutificacaopublica.blogspot.com/
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